Rasmussen College to host Career and Networking Fair August 19

Rasmussen College will host a free Career and Networking Fair for residents of the surrounding communities at its local campuses on August 19, 2010. Companies from a variety of industries will be present and looking to fill positions with qualified candidates. Interested parties are encouraged to attend to gain a competitive edge in the job [...]

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Rasmussen Brooklyn Park to open new School of Technology and Design center in fall 2010

Rasmussen College is expanding its Brooklyn Park campus with a new center designed to house its School of Technology and Design. Scheduled to open fall 2010, the 11,000 square foot facility will feature state-of-the-art technology and additional space to meet the needs of growing demand and technological advancements in the rapidly expanding field of technology [...]

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Rasmussen College announces first round of 110th Anniversary Scholarship recipients

Rasmussen College is proud to announce the first recipients of the Rasmussen College 110th Anniversary Scholarship. Twenty-five prospective Rasmussen College students have a chance to receive award amounts to help further their education. The winners include the following: Tammy Maus, Green Bay Campus – Associate’s in Human Services ($5,000 scholarship) Brandi Ausk, Brooklyn Park Campus [...]

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Rasmussen College Dean of Faculty encourages online educators to use social media

Brooks Doherty, the Dean of Faculty at the Rasmussen College Brooklyn Park campus, was featured in Converge Magazine for covering social networking as a DIY study space. Doherty expresses the difficulty of teaching, retaining and graduating students in an increasingly online community. At the best, he says, students feel interconnected and continue until graduation. At [...]

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Rasmussen College presents “The Dining Room”

The Brooklyn Park Campus, in collaboration with the Maple Grove Arts Council, Osseo Senior High, and the Yellow Tree Theater, staged its first theater production coordinated by General Education Coordinator, Kari Nollendorfs. The Dining Room, by playwright A.R. Gurney, was performed at the Yellow Tree Theater in Osseo, MN. The Brooklyn Park summer production is [...]

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Rasmussen Faculty Spotlight – Susan Murray

Congratulations are in order, as Susan Murray joins the Brooklyn Park campus on April 1 as a full-time faculty member in the School of Justice Studies. Welcome Susan! Susan holds her master’s degree in Criminology with Forensic Psychology from the UK’s Middlesex University, and her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. In [...]

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Rasmussen College academic dean discusses communicating in the 21st century

Brooks Doherty, the Academic Dean at Rasmussen College’s Brooklyn Park campus, tackled tough discussions about the viability of different types of writing in an article in the Star Tribune. In the article, Doherty discusses the difficulty of being a proficient communicator in this day and age. He argues that one must engage in social aspects [...]

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Eden Prairie Massage Program

The Eden Prairie campus massage program was featured Minneapolis’s Star Tribune. Its affordable student massages were highlighted in difficult economic times. Professional massages can cost two to three times more than student massages, and according to the Star Tribune, students who work on paying customers have had nine to 18 months of instruction before performing [...]

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Rasmussen College’s Diversity Committee

Rasmussen College’s Diversity Committee has been involved in several successful events in Brooklyn Park and the Minnesota area.

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Brooklyn Park Campus Hosts SWAT Team Exercise

Rasmussen College’s Brooklyn Park campus hosted a SWAT team for an Insider Shooter Drill. Students and faculty were able to partake in the event and learn what to do in a shooter crisis.

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